You are cordially invited to the Wilson Center March 6 to hear a presentation by Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, WHO Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination and Japanese Ambassador for the Human Rights of People Affected by Leprosy .
THE ASIA PROGRAM, THE AFRICA PROGRAM, and THE GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVE OF THE WOODROW WILSON CENTER PRESENT:
LEPROSY and HUMAN RIGHTS
Speaker: Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman, Nippon Foundation, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, and Japanese Ambassador for the Human Rights of People Affected by Leprosy
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2008 2:00 - 3:30 P. M. 5th FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
As president and subsequently as chairman of The Nippon Foundation, Japan’s largest charitable foundation, Yohei Sasakawa has played a leading role in promoting public interest activities by Japan’s private sector. Under his leadership, the Foundation has focused many of its efforts on the treatment and eventual elimination of the scourge of leprosy. Sasakawa has also advocated that leprosy be approached not simply as a medical issue but as a social issue involving human rights concerns.
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